"If heaven had granted me five more years, I could have become a real painter," said Katsushika Hokusai at the end of his already long life, revealing his unending striving for refinement and ...(Read More)

"If your hair is done properly and you're wearing good shoes, you can get away with anything," quipped nonagenarian fashion icon Iris Apfel—just one of the hundreds of daring, wise, inspiring, and ...(Read More)

She is the most popular female superhero of all time. Wonder Woman first appeared in 1941, on the brink of World War II, and aside from Superman and Batman, she has lasted the longest and commanded ...(Read More)

Women having fun is the theme of this wall calendar, celebrating the female spirit in 13 lighthearted archival images from the mid-20th century, highlighted with hand-colored accents and accompanied ...(Read More)

There have been untold numbers of works studying the Holocaust in every imaginable way, but this anthology of eyewitness testimonies to the horrors is remarkable for its depth and thoroughness, ...(Read More)

(First Edition, Signed Bookplate) With the end of the Civil War, the United States recommenced its expansion onto traditional Indian tribal lands, setting off a wide-ranging, multifaceted ...(Read More)

As a congregational rabbi for half a century and the author of 12 books on faith, ethics, and how to apply the wisdom of religious thought to everyday challenges—including When Bad Things Happen ...(Read More)

The profoundly inspiring and fully documented saga of Joan of Arc, the young peasant girl whose "voices" moved her to rally the French nation and a reluctant king against British invaders in 1428, ...(Read More)

In his superb, time-hopping travelogue, Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson guides us down the Nile River from the First Nile Cataract, near the modern city of Aswan, past Thebes and the Valley of the Kings, ...(Read More)

Originally published in 1892, this beautiful book of 26 tales collected by British folklorist Joseph Jacobs (1854–1916) introduced the unique magic of the Celtic folk imagination, full of heroes and ...(Read More)